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From:   Sven Van Asbroeck <thesven73@gmail.com>
Date:   Tue, 28 Apr 2020 08:20:42 -0400
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Subject: Re: [Q] devicetree overlays
To:     Frank Rowand <frowand.list@gmail.com>
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        David Airlie <airlied@linux.ie>,
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Hello Frank, thank you for sharing your expertise. Much appreciated !

On Mon, Apr 27, 2020 at 4:26 PM Frank Rowand <frowand.list@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 4/16/20 9:46 AM, Sven Van Asbroeck wrote:
> > My situation is this: I have hardware which consists of several modules.
> > Knowledge about the type and location of these modules is located in an
> > on-board eeprom.
> >
> > So now I need to assemble a devicetree, by puzzling various 'blobs' together.
> > This could be done in the bootloader,
>
> Do this, if at all reasonably possible.
>
> > - is there perhaps a more canonical / idiomatic way to solve this?
>
> Yes, apply the overlays before booting.